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Re: [Amps] Henry 8K

To: "Harold Mandel" <ka1xo@juno.com>,"'Bill Turner'" <dezrat@copper.net>, <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Henry 8K
From: "kenw2dtc" <kenw2dtc@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 12:20:16 -0400
List-post: <mailto:amps@contesting.com>
A comment was made about contesting:  "to generate the cleanest and most 
narrow signal to punch through the pile-up in a contest".   I agree with 
that guy.

It's been my experience that between contests there is a vast amount of 
potential air time where people like to have conversations.  I'm almost 
positive that the example given of the guy with the big 4-1000 rig did not 
build it so he could say:  "5x9, please QSL via the bureau".  In the summer 
time, with 25 over 9 static crashes, I prefer to hear a conversation from a 
fat, quieting, quality audio signal than to hear a narrow, nasal signal 
where the guy keeps saying:  "Ahhhhhhhh" between sentences to keep his vox 
on.

The other comment made was:  "For the most part the technicians among us are 
still self-policing".    Most of the time I tune the band the "technicians" 
are just comparing menu options on radios that real Japanese technicians 
built.  What frequency do you guys hang out on?

Send me the frequency, I'll listen and learn.

73,
Ken W2DTC

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> We've got ham "broadcasters" with HiFi audio and 6KHz+
> signals on 75 meters running two 4-1000A's modulated
> by two 4-1000A's in AM with audio chains modifying
> the emphasis and they go on and on.
>
> For the most part the technicians among us are still self-policing.
> It's a point of pride to work on reducing IMD and to generate
> the cleanest and most narrow signal to punch through the pile-up
> in a contest.

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